Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3401, Frederick Everhard, Penn

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
★ Coverhard, Frederick or Coverhart,
R. 3401
Rebecca
CONTENTS

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
3401
P. O.
Rebecca Overhard
Service: wid. of Frederick
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No 6988 Rebecca Everhard NY Subt L. M. Drury Oct. 5th '47.
3401
ad 4 May 1836

State of New York County of Tompkins ss
On this eighth day of September eighteen hundred & forty seven personally appeared before me Alfred Wells a Judge in & for said County Rebecca Everhard of the town of Smithfield in said County aged eighty five years who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836.
This declarant states that she is the widow of Frederick Everhard who was a soldier in the war of the revolution - that he was a native of the town of Easton in the State of Pennsylvania where he entered the service of the United States in said war - This declarant states that she has heard her husband the said Frederick Everhard say that he was an enlisted soldier at one time during said war in and be- longed to a Company of Light Horse commanded by Capt. Cobart or Cobatch in a regiment commanded by Colonel Hooper - that while he belonged to said Company he came to the town of Smithfield where this declarant then resided at her fathers house & saw this declarant - The length of time of service of the said Frederick Everhard in the said Company of Light Horse this declarant is not able to state nor does she remember to have heard her said husband say -
This declarant further states that she first became acquainted with the said Frederick Everhard at the town of Smith- field about 20. miles below the said town of Easton on the Delaware River - that her acquaintance commenced in

in the month of July in the year seventeen hundred & eighty one - about six months previous to her marriage with the said Frederick Borhard - that at this time the said Frederick Borhard was a Sergeant of a Picket Guard stationed at the said town of Smithfield. to this declarants knowledge - that the name of the Captain of the company was Granata. as this declarant believes - that at this time the said Frederick Borhard was an enlisted soldier in, (as this declarant thinks) the nine months service - that he continued in service as such sergeant after the marriage of this declarant with him - which said marriage took place on the sixteenth (16 th ) day of January in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two (1882) - This declarant states that the annexed is a part of the family record belonging to her said husband - that it is in his own hand writing and that it contains to this declarants knowledge a true statement of the time of marriage of this declarant with the said Frederick Borhard -
This declarant further states that after the aforesaid marriage took place her said husband was in service as a soldier or sergeant and was frequently absent upon tours of duty -
This declarant further states that she has heard her said husband say that he was at one time during the war with the American Army on Long Island - that he was also at one time in the Quartermaster Department

at Easton and this declarant states that the said Friedrich Everhart performed much service in the war - before this declarant's acquaintance with him - as she has heard him say - the particulars of which service this declarant is not able to set forth.
This declarant further states that her husband the said Friedrich Everhard died on the fourteenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and fifteen - that she has not again intermarried but remains the widow of the aforesaid Friedrich Everhard.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first above written - Before me -
Rebecca her Everhard mark
Alfred Wells, County Judge of Tompkins County
And I hereby certify that the above named declarant is unable by reason of old age & bodily infirmity to appear in open court & I further certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced before me that the above named Friedrich Everhard died on the fourteenth day of March - eighteen hundred and fifteen and that said declarant yet remains his widow -
Alfred Wells County Judge etc
Frederick Everhard was Born in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Eight And was Married the Sixteenth day of January 1802 - To Rebecca Learn

at Easton and this declarant states that the said Friedrich Everhart performed much service in the war - before this declarant's acquaintance with him - as she has heard him say - the particulars of which service this declarant is not able to set forth -
This declarant further states that her husband the said Friedrich Everhard died on the fourteenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and fifteen - that she has not again intermarried but remains the widow of the aforesaid Friedrich Everhard.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first above written - Before me -
Rebecca her Everhard mark
Alfred Wells, County Judge of Tompkins County
And I hereby certify that the above named declarant is unable by reason of old age & bodily infirmity to appear in open court & I further certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced before me that the above named Friedrich Everhard died on the fourteenth day of March - eighteen hundred and fifteen and that said declarant yet remains his widow -
Alfred Wells County Judge of Tompkins County
P. Freder Lord one And was Mr. To Pres

State of New York
County of Tompkins ss. I Norman Pittendine Clerk of said county do hereby certify that Alford Wells is a Judge in said county duly elected & qualified - that his term of office commenced on the 1 st day of July 1847. and will expire on the 1 st day of July 1851. That his signature to the within cer- tificate & affidavit is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 8 th day of September 1847.
N. Pittendine Clerk

No 6988 Rebecca Everhard wid of Frederick M.
Act 4 July 1836
X

Canandaigua N.Y. Sept. 6. 1847.
Sir;
Enclosed is the declaration of Rebecca Emmerland for a pension under the act of 4 th July 1836.
But few of the facts relating to her husband's services are known - only that he was an enlisted soldier - He served. so his widow states a good deal in the war of the revolution - the particulars of which are not known to her -
Reliance is had upon the rolls in your Office for evidence of her husband. Frederick Emmerland's services -
It is not known whether he was in the Penn. or the New Jersey Line.
Respectfully Your Obt Servt.
L. M. Grun -
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C. }

Rebecca Everhard

STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Tompkins } ss:
Be it known , that on this Nineteenth day of March , A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty Two , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Rebecca Everhard , a resident of Shenfield in said County, and made oath according to law, that she is The widow of Frederick Everhard a revolutionary officer or soldier in the war of the Revolution
that she is directly interested, as aforesaid, as a claimant, and makes this affidavit for the purpose of obtaining such Pension of Pension as may be due under any of the Laws, Regulations, or decisions that have been or may hereafter be adopted. The said Affiant further declares that she hereby constitutes and appoints J. J. Adams of Washington City D.C. to be Attorney and Agent to prosecute said claim, with power of substitution, to examine all papers and documents in relation to it, and to do all things necessary and lawful in the premises; except drawing the money, which will be hereafter provided for.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me, — Moses Cromwell } J. Peace.
Rebecca  his  Everhard with
I, Moses Cromwell Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Rebecca Everhard , above named, is a respectable resident of this County, and is, as I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth, and acknowledges the above Power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
Moses Cromwell J. Peace.
In testimony that the above-named Moses Cromwell was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, at the date of the same, I hereby subscribe my name and affix the County Seal. at Ithaca this Twenty second day of March 1852
Ezra Waver Deputy County Clerk. Clerk absent